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A commission to investigate the pass rate in public schools was proposed at the ANC policy conference on Friday, said Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga

Historically, South Africa had never had good pass rates, she said.

Motshekga, who is a member of the ANC sub-committee on education, said that before 1994 an F on lower grade, which was the equivalent of 33 percent, was regarded as a pass.

“There is an argument that we have lowered the pass rate… [but] we want a commission to investigate trends in other countries.”

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